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Appropriated meanings: Megaliths and tourism in Eastern Indonesia [PDF]

, 2003
Through tourism, megaliths have become an important ethnic marker of Ngadha society; together with the bhaga, ngadhu, traditional houses and nua, these elements attract tourists to the area.
Cole, S.
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A tour of Nancy Holt’s ruins: from entropic monuments to system works

Interfaces, 2023
This article explores the evolving meaning and nature of ruins in American artist Nancy Holt’s practice. A concern with entropy and monumentality was shared by many American artists of the 1960s and 1970s, but Holt developed an original artistic ...
Monica Manolescu
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Megaliths – Societies – Landscapes [Volume 2]: Early Monumentality and Social Differentiation in Neolithic Europe [PDF]

, 2019
Im 5. und 4. Jahrtausend v. Chr. entstand in verschiedenen Teilen Europas in neolithischen und chalkolithischen Kontexten monumentale Architektur.

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The Significance of Megalithic Monuments in the Process of Place Identity Creation and in Tourism Development

Open Geosciences, 2018
All over the world and for thousands of years, megaliths have been significant cultural elements, as well as sacred sites and places of power. Nowadays megaliths act as a strong magnet for tourists, who appreciate their history, esoterica and magic. Some
Krzemińska Alicja Edyta, Dzikowska Anna, Zaręba Anna Danuta, Jarosz Katarzyna Rozalia, Widawski Krzysztof, Łach Janusz Stanisław   +5 more
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Deux millénaires ou deux siècles de constructions mégalithiques au Sénégal et en Gambie ? Nouvelles dates pour Wanar et révision des contextes archéologiques

Afrique Archéologie Arts, 2022
The megaliths of Senegal and The Gambia comprise nearly 30,000 erected stones recorded over a surface of around 30,000 km², mainly in the northern basin of the Gambia River.
Luc Laporte, Jean-Claude Lefèvre, Matar Ndiaye, Christine Oberlin, Adrien Delvoye, Mathilde Stern, Abdoul Kader Faye, Aziz Ballouche, Jean-Paul Cros, Selim Djouad, Laurent Quesnel   +10 more
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Megaliths – Societies – Landscapes [Volume 1]: Early Monumentality and Social Differentiation in Neolithic Europe [PDF]

, 2019
Im 5. und 4. Jahrtausend v. Chr. entstand in verschiedenen Teilen Europas in neolithischen und chalkolithischen Kontexten monumentale Architektur.

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Megaliths – Societies – Landscapes [Volume 3]: Early Monumentality and Social Differentiation in Neolithic Europe [PDF]

, 2019
Im 5. und 4. Jahrtausend v. Chr. entstand in verschiedenen Teilen Europas in neolithischen und chalkolithischen Kontexten monumentale Architektur.

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Megaliţi în Carpaţii Răsăriteni. Căi spre sanctuarele din natură şi urmele unor aşezări. Studiu de etno-arheologie şi etno-religie

Arheologia Moldovei, 2016
Keywords: Megaliths, sanctuaries, ethnoarchaeology, ethnoreligion. Includes summary in English.
Gheorghe Lazarovici, Iuliu Cristi Pop, Cornelia-Magda Lazarovici, Sote Angeleski   +3 more
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The Funnel Beaker Culture in Action. Early and Middle Neolithic Monumentality in Southwestern Scania, Sweden (4000-3000 cal BC)

Journal of Neolithic Archaeology, 2022
One of the most discussed issues in European archaeology is the significance and context of monumentality and the construction of long barrows and megaliths in the Neolithic.
Magnus Andersson, Magnus Artursson, Kristian Brink   +2 more
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Legends, Megaliths And Astronomy In Corsica Island [PDF]

, 2004
actes sur cd-rom ; Karibu edition ; DLF-20050329-920This paper presents a study performed in the framework of an interdisciplinary project developed at the University of Corsica involving information technology researchers and engineers, anthropologists ...
Santucci, Jean-François, Thury-Bouvet, Ghjasippina, Ottavi, Antoine, Hadi Khoumeri, El   +3 more
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